Water-cooler.



4PATENTED JULY 5, 1904,

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WATER GLEL APPLICATION FILED 0015.15, 1903.

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WITNESSES: /msm/ f if ATTOHN EY `UNITED STATES Patented July 5, 1902i.

WILLIAM H. SHOOK, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WATER-COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'latent No. 764,259, dated July 5, 1904.

Application ned otaber 15, 1903.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. SHooK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Water-Coolers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device by which water such as contained in demijohns or vessels can be consumed gradually from the vessel in which it is supplied and cooled prior to consumption.

The invention is set forth in the following specilication and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation of a water-cooler embodying this invention and sectioned through the faucet or outlet. Fig. 2 is a section at right angle to Fig. l.

The object of this invention is to provide a water-cooler with a preferably non-metallic reservoir or jar which can readily be removed from the cooler and cleaned and also a water seal having a cover or air-filter whereby air is admitted to the interior of the seal and dust or filth is excluded.

In the drawings is shown a receptacle a, having a removable cover In the receptacle a is placed a reservoir or jar c, having a screwcover a', to which is attached the outlet-pipe e. The reservoir can be readily detached from the screw-cover and easily cleaned when needed, and a fruit-jar of ordinary construction has been found serviceable and is preferred and is readily replaced when broken at very small expense. At the upper part of the cross-piece 0 is located a cup j', which is provided with a removable cover havinga perforated top g and a lining it of fine-mesh fabric with an intermediate packing of cotton. This combination-cover filters the air while passing into the cup. This cover is provided with an opening having a packing-ring a', which engages with the neck of a bottle or demijohn j, containing' the water which is to be cooled. A pipe leads from the bottom of the cup f into the cover d of the reservoir c. A ring Z, `fastened 'to rods m m, holds the inverted demijohn in place over the cup f. When the demijohn is secured as shown, the

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water therefrom flows through the short tin or non-corrosive pipe t' into the reservoir, where the liquid is cooled and drawn olf as needed from the faucet of pipe e. It should be understood that the cupf forms a water seal when the demijohn is in place and prevents the water from flowing from said demijohn when the reservoir is full.

The ring l can be made in sections to hinge or swing to clasp or unclasp the demijohn. A cross-piece 0, secured to the ice-chest or receptacle a, can support the standards, while the cover in sections can be placed 0n the receptacle at each side of this cross-piece 0.

A ridge or support p can be arranged under the free end of jar @when secured in hori zontal position to the vertically-arranged cap d; but it is understood that the jar is not necessarily in horizontal position, but may be placed as seen lit in any other position.

A removable shield fr can be set in the icechest to protect the jar against breakage or injury when the ice is being supplied.

The cup is shown with ridges s to keep the mouth of the inverted demijohn somewhat clear of the bottom of the cup for air to enter and replace the fluid drawn olf.

To prevent the flow of water or other fluid contained in the bottle while adjusting the bottle in the cup, a cork with a hole-opening therethrough can be inserted in the mouth of the bottle and the finger held over this opening when the bottle is reversed or until the bottle is adjusted in the cup.

In using a fruit-jar it has been found that the same is not only cheap and easily replaced when broken without material expense, as it is of general design and use, and its cover has the interior glazed or non-corrosive, so that no fouling or taste or contamination is given to the water.

The ice-chest can have an overflow or drain for the melted ice as usual, as by a faucet or other outlet.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A water-cooler comprising a coolingchamber, a screw-cap fixedly secured to the bottom of the chamber and having an inlet and an outlet, and a receptacle adapted to be screwed to said cap so as to be secured thereto and leave the bottom or rear of the receptacle free to be grasped for unscrewing, said receptaele when screwed to the cap communicating With the inlet and outlet.

2. A casing forming a cooling-Chamber, a receptacle arranged therein and forming a reservoir, an outlet-pipe communicating with said receptacle and projectingi from said casing, a lcup mounted upon said easing and having ridges for supporting the mouth portion of an inverted vessel, said ridges supporting said vessel clear of said cup to permit of the discharge of the contents of the Witnesses.

WILLIAM H. SHOOK. Witnesses:

W. C. HAUFF, IVM. W. HENRY. 

